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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 915 (6) Deal with Muto first

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    Being beaten and unable to fight back has become a sheer struggle, and the coalition's armored fighting vehicles cannot be overturned and destroyed by two 4.5-kilogram German mortar shells Anyway, von Lieb is not willing to squander it easily.  With his own mortar strength, he fired three shells from his side, and within a few seconds, the other side was able to hit back more than three times the mortar shells from outside his range. How was he going to fight this battle?

    The 141st German Reserve Infantry Regiment has three infantry battalions. Each battalion has four infantry companies, one motorized platoon and one heavy machine gun company. Each infantry company has three platoons, of which the first platoon has two infantry squads and one heavy machine gun company.  There are 2 light machine gun squads and a grenade/mortar squad, with a total of 45 people. The 2nd platoon has no mortar squad and has 36 people. The establishment of the 3rd platoon and the 1st platoon also have 45 people.

    In this way, the 12 infantry companies in von Lieb's hands are equipped with a total of 24 7.6cm light infantry mortars, and the opposing coalition forces compete with 16 M81 battalion mortars under the jurisdiction of two armored battalions, plus 6  The 36 M60 platoons belonging to the armored company completely surpassed the attacking German 141st Infantry Regiment in number and firepower, and the range of both coalition mortars was within the 1,000-meter range of the German mortars.  Outside the shooting range In this case, it is impossible to rely on the human sea tactics. Just walking in the forest is stumbling in the dark Intensive charges and attacks can only become the targets of the opponent's large-caliber heavy machine guns to harvest lives

    "Major, my order to you is to detour eastward and ask the regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Volunteer Division to send you an infantry company as a guide. You must detour around the opponent's retreat, otherwise you will not be able to use your superior strength. I  The 141st Artillery Battalion has come down to move its position and use trucks to drag it to Kharkiv New City to strengthen the firepower of the 139th Artillery Battalion. However, this will take time. We must eat the Muto Brigade before dawn. Let¡¯s carry out the order!¡±

    Von Neuhaus hung up the phone call of the 141st Infantry Regiment without any explanation, and then called the 140th German Infantry Regiment on the west side of the forest path, "Major Fedor von Bock, you  The development is too slow Lieutenant Colonel von Blomburg leads a battalion to the east and is almost approaching the three-way intersection. At this time, as long as you find a way to push forward, the infantry brigade of the Muto brigade in front of you may  Collapse Can't you think of something on the riverbank on the right bank of the Kharkov River? The barrels of the two 105mm light howitzers here are almost red!"

    On the other end of the phone was Major Bock's voice, also breathing heavily, "Division commander this is too difficult. My two battalions have lost one-third of their troops along the way. Now there are only more than 800 people left. Opposite side  The Japanese infantry brigade still has at least 1,000 people, and it has received fire support from the Chinese armored forces. We rushed three times and still couldn't get there. If you ask me, division commander, I have to beat them hard with artillery, and then we can't rush again.  Should the reserve team of Ukrainian volunteers in the middle move up? Otherwise, my regiment will suffer too much loss"

    "Find a way to send troops along the river bank to attack the enemy from the flank! I will ask the artillery of the 139th Artillery Battalion to open the way for you! Attack in 10 minutes!" Von Neuhaus threw down the phone anxiously. At this time, a  The staff officer timidly held a telephone receiver and reported.

    "Report to General, His Excellency Simon Petliura's phone call, saying that the Eastern Front offensive has been blocked. Can the armored train be sent back to the old city of Kharkov to continue providing fire support? Otherwise, the opponent's mortar firepower will be too strong and von Blough will  The troops of Lieutenant Colonel Mburg and Colonel von Dieckmeier were unable to attack The main regiment of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Ukrainian Volunteer Division was counterattacked by an armored company of the coalition and more than half of the battalion was eaten on the road.  ¡­¡±

    Von Neuhaus knew very well that this must be because the two German infantry battalions that were counterattacking outside the East Gate did not dare to report directly to him, and encouraged Simon Petliura to come to him to ask for reinforcements

    "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, the counterattack outside the east gate is the key. Even if the two infantry battalions and the Ukrainian infantry regiment are wiped out, we should rush over without hesitation and ask von Blomburg and von Dyckmeier to command their troops.  The troops leave both sides of the road, temporarily abandon the attack on the three-way intersection, and insert themselves in the southeast direction strive to form a w¨¥ixi¨¦ on the front and back of the Muto brigade Let your volunteer troops take over the positions vacated by the two German infantry battalions.  Contain the enemy's attention!"

    Von Neuhaus had no choice but to put his money on the 141st Artillery Battalion on the other side of the Uda River, which was maneuvering back. As long as this artillery battalion joined the southeastern battlefield and filled the vacancy left by the loss of the 140th Artillery Battalion,  Then, he is confident that he will defeat the main force of the Muto brigade before dawn As for the coalition's base camp and logistics base at the three-way intersection, von Neuhaus has an ominous sign at this moment If it doesn't work, he can only give up this area temporarily.  Fatty meat

    Who knows how many reinforcements the coalition forces have received from the north in the middle of the night The three-way intersection is like an invisible whirlpool This makes the German major general determined to deal with the main force of the Mutoh brigade in the south first!

    July 31, 1918, 23:30, Kharkov Forest, Allied Forces East Route Second Echelon Headquarters

    "Head!"The Germans who were attacking from the front withdrew and replaced the Ukrainian troops. The opponent attacked along the forests on both sides of the road The 4th Armored Company and the Japanese Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron were under great pressure. The opponent invested at least 4 infantry battalions.  The darkness rushed over I was afraid that the enemy would break through on the flanks!  "Ren Dao, the chief of staff of the Armored Regiment who was sweating profusely, rushed into the headquarters. The 4th Armored Company was now guarding the last third line of defense in front of the three-way intersection. All the vehicle-borne infantry had dismounted to fight, and the 18th Infantry Company of Eizaki Masako was  The regiment's cavalry reconnaissance squadron defended the position on the right

    "The Germans have withdrawn? Impossible! The Ukrainians are attacking so fiercely. How can the Germans withdraw at this time The Mutoh Brigade on the southern front is still resting and recuperating, and now it relies entirely on the Ukrainian Infantry Battalion and Liu Yifei's Armored 2nd Battalion to carry the opponent.  The attack of two infantry regimentsHow can the Germans on the eastern front retreat at this time?" Lu Huanyan frowned tightly. Lieutenant General Da Ting invested two 75mm field artillery battalions from the 15th Federal Infantry Division on the northern front.  The attack made the pressure on the coalition forces on the Eastern Front much lighter. At least there was no longer German armored train artillery fire raging overhead

    This also proves that it was a wise move for Lu Huanyan not to use the two 75mm field artillery battalions of the 14th Federal Infantry Division
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